Mental Health Startup Osmind Helps Patients Seek Psychedelic Treatments
As psychedelic treatments become more mainstream, there is a need for new infrastructure to support the non-initiated through the treatment process, help them find treatment providers, connect with others seeking treatment, and ask questions. Osmind is a new mental...
Kambo Healing: Leapfrogging from One Jungle to Another
The following article about kambo healing is a guest post by Master Kambo Practitioner Davina MacKail. The Great Waxy tree frog from the arboreal regions of the upper Amazon seems, at first glance, to have leapt too far when found in the inner cities of Europe and...
Colorado’s Nowak Society Launches Public Education Campaign on Psychedelics
On May 7, 2019, the city of Denver made headlines for becoming the first U.S. city to effectively decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms through its passing of Initiated Ordinance 301 (I-301). In the months that followed, Oakland and Santa Cruz followed suit,...
Australia Gets Psychedelic: Professor David Nutt on the Upcoming International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Illness
Australian charity Mind Medicine Australia is hosting the first-ever International Summit on Psychedelic Therapies for Mental Illness this coming November in Melbourne. To learn more about the summit and discuss the psychedelic legalization and regulation vs....
Cooperative Weed: Can A Democratic Workplace Revolutionize Legal Cannabis?
Can worker-owned cooperatives and crowdfunding create a better cannabis industry for both consumers and businesses? This was the question posed by two Massachusetts cannabis veterans Sonia Erika and Ross Bradshaw during the recent Students for Sensible Drug Policy...
Which Psychedelic is Best for Overcoming PTSD? A Conversation with Professor David Nutt
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that countless trauma survivors, soldiers and veterans have to live with every day. Conventional treatments for overcoming PTSD are notoriously ineffective, often involving a slew of powerful...
How Medical Science Grapples with Psychedelic Plants like Ayahuasca and Ibogaine: A Conversation with Professor David Nutt
In our continuing conversation with Professor David Nutt, we discuss the latest research efforts at Imperial College London where he is the Edmond J. Sapfra chair in Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain...
Alcohol Alternatives, Vaping Nonsense, and Comparative Drug Harms: Interview with Professor David Nutt
Professor David Nutt is one of the world’s leading experts on drugs, and one of the most lauded and controversial voices in the UK on the comparative drug harms. Professor Nutt was brought to popular attention in the late 2000’s when he was sacked from his position on...
Accessing Flow States: Interview with Sports Psychologist and Psilocybin Advocate Shane LeMaster
Shane LeMaster is a Sports and Exercise Psychologist in Fort Collins, CO. With his clients, he focuses on “Human Performance Optimization,” helping them access their peak potential. Through his research in optimal performance, Shane has become well acquainted with the...
Stan Grof’s Psychedelic and Psychological Legacy: Interview with Javier Charme
Painting by Alex Grey “If I am the father of LSD, Stan is the Godfather. Nobody has contributed as much as Stan for the development of my problem child” Dr. Albert Hofmann To better understand one of the great pioneers of psychedelics and psychology, Stan Grof, we...
